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Featuring caramel, nuts, and chocolate on a shortbread crust, this recipe brings together two dessert favorites in one bite-size treat.

Ingredients

Baking spray

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ cup granulated sugar

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature and divided

1 ½ cups chopped pecans

½ cup packed dark brown sugar

½ cup light corn syrup

2 tbsp heavy cream

¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Steps

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with foil and coat with baking spray.

To a food processor, add the flour, granulated sugar, and ½ cup (1 stick) butter. Pulse until dough holds together. Press dough into pan in even layer. Use a fork to poke small holes in dough. Bake 15–20 min., until golden. Top with pecans.

Pour caramel over pecans. Bake 10 min. Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake another 5 min., until chocolate melts. With a mini spatula, spread chocolate over pecans. Cool completely and then remove from pan using foil. Cut into 1x1-inch squares.

Tags

S9 2018

Nutrition information

Calories147kcal7%

Fat9.4g14%

Saturated fat4.3g21%

Carbs16.3g5%

Sodium5mg<1%

11.6gsugar

0.7gfiber

1.1gprotein

15mgcholesterol

Ratings and reviews

Pecan Pie Turtle Squares is rated
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Rated 1 out of
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Anonymous from
Recipe missing important directionsI have made candy, toffee, and caramel in the past to know that this recipe is missing important information regarding how long to boil the butter, sugar and corn syrup. Too long and it becomes too hard, too little and it won’t set properly. I may have done it too long because mine is so tough it feels like it could rip teeth out. The 3rd bake is also unnecessary. Chocolate chips shouldn’t take 10-15 minutes to melt. I put them on after the second bake cane out and they melted in under 2 minutes. All in all this was a very expensive fail. Search for a better recipe.

Date published: 2018-11-21

Rated 1 out of
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Anonymous from
Recipe FailedI made this recipe for an adult Birthday party. I added a note on the pecan turtle squares. Brittle candy!!! I did not want anyone to crack a tooth. They still ate all of them. I will try the recipe again. I will need to adjust the cooking time. Hopefully they will not come out brittle.

Date published: 2018-12-13

Rated 2 out of
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Anonymous from
Don't follow these directionsWe followed them exactly and were pretty unhappy with the finished product. It tasted completely overcooked, like break your teeth overcooked. Probably because you end up cooking this thing 3 times! It really only needs once. I have made similar recipes with shortbread/caramel, the best thing to do is either: (A) precook the shortbread (the first time), then let it cool. Add nuts and cooked caramel. Allow to cool. Then melt the chocolate and drizzle it over top (so it does not go back in the oven). OR (B) Leave the shortbread initially uncooked, add nuts and cooked caramel and then bake. Let it cool and drizzle with melted chocolate.

Date published: 2018-11-05

Rated 5 out of
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Anonymous from
Scrumptious!My coworker made these and brought to an office party. Oh my goodness they were so good I had to get the recipe! I’ve made them once now and they were just as good but I added some extra flaky salt to the top because I liked my caramel a little saltier. Can’t wait to try these with some shred coconut and almonds, or walnuts and dark chocolate chunks!